Chapter 53: Absolutely Not, Absolutely Not – No Misunderstanding
Dong Ling wiped her tears with her fingers, feeling embarrassed, and inwardly cursing at 021.
021 said aggrievedly: [I was just trying to help you, look how effective it was.]
Dong Ling: [Thank you?]
021: [You’re welcome, girl, we’re practically sisters.]
Dong Ling: [Get lost!]
Song Mingzhi looked at Dong Ling’s tear-stained face, her eyelashes wet with tears, her pitiful appearance, and wiped her cheek with her fingers.
“I’ll cover you, let me get you a tissue.”
She whispered in Dong Ling’s ear. Dong Ling saw through the gap in their embrace that Yu Shuangwei’s back was turned, as if writing something, so she nodded.
Dong Ling released her arms from around Song Mingzhi’s waist with embarrassment. Song Mingzhi got up, took a tissue from the coffee table, and wiped Dong Ling’s tears.
Dong Ling’s eyes were red, looking somewhat fragile and helpless, like a delicate willow in the wind, but Dong Ling wasn’t aware of her own appearance, she just felt embarrassed.
Yu Shuangwei turned around and saw Song Mingzhi wiping Dong Ling’s tears, she thought for a moment and then nodded.
“This works too. Originally, I thought, based on Liang Jin’an’s character, kicking someone off the bed after being bitten would be normal, but she’s particularly fond of You Su Changying’s face, so wiping her tears after being bitten is also not bad…”
Yu Shuangwei muttered to herself and continued revising the script, completely immersed in her own world.
Dong Ling, who was no longer acting, and Song Mingzhi looked at each other silently. Dong Ling took a tissue and wiped the tear stains from Song Mingzhi’s neck, her fingers gently touching the place where she had just bitten.
Song Mingzhi’s brows furrowed slightly with each touch, Dong Ling, seeing her enduring the pain, knew she must have bitten her too hard and wanted to pull Song Mingzhi’s clothes aside to check the wound, but Yu Shuangwei was still there.
After revising the script, Yu Shuangwei continued brainstorming, jotting down more ideas, before snapping back to reality, and she saw Dong Ling’s anxious expression.
“Director Yu, I’m very sorry, let’s stop here for today, I have some personal matters to attend to.”
Yu Shuangwei readily agreed, stuffed her notebooks into her canvas bag, put on her baseball cap, and left Dong Ling’s house.
As soon as the door closed, Dong Ling eagerly pulled at Song Mingzhi’s clothes, making Song Mingzhi momentarily think that they were already in a very intimate relationship.
“Let me see how bad the bite is, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I was really into the scene just now.”
Dong Ling hurriedly helped Song Mingzhi take off her clothes while apologizing profusely.
Because of 021’s existence, she had actually believed that that was her family’s ending. Her family doted on her, so she naturally cared about them very much. Thinking of 021’s words, her heart ached, she couldn’t forget it, and then Song Mingzhi happened to be acting opposite her, she really couldn’t control herself for a moment.
“It’s okay.”
Song Mingzhi came back to her senses and said softly, stopping Dong Ling’s hand, and unbuttoned her shirt herself.
The white buttons were easily undone by Song Mingzhi’s fingers, she didn’t open her shirt completely, just to below her chest, letting the sleeve on the injured side slide down, revealing her shoulder.
Seeing the bite mark on Song Mingzhi’s shoulder, Dong Ling felt even more remorseful. Although it wasn’t too serious, there were still traces of blood.
“Wait a moment.”
Dong Ling rushed to get the first-aid kit, then quickly returned, kneeling in front of Song Mingzhi.
She wiped the bloodstains with a cotton swab, disinfected the wound, and applied medicine. Afraid that Song Mingzhi was in too much pain, she gently blew on it.
Song Mingzhi silently let her do as she pleased, but when Dong Ling blew on the wound, her injured arm inexplicably went weak, and a strange tingling sensation spread through half of her body.
After applying the medicine, Dong Ling noticed that Song Mingzhi looked rather alluring, her slightly longer hair than before was messy, scattered across her cheeks, neck, and shoulders, her collarbone prominent, looking both languid and delicate.
Dong Ling didn’t dare look at her face, inexplicably feeling she would lose her mind if she did.
The electronic door lock suddenly beeped, and as the doorknob turned, Dong Ling hurriedly pulled Song Mingzhi’s clothes up.
“Ling Ling…” Chen Shang Shang walked in cheerfully with a bag, and seeing the intertwined figures on the sofa, immediately went silent, retreated, and apologized loudly, “Sorry, I didn’t see anything, I wasn’t here!”
For the convenience of Yu Shuangwei’s acting lessons, Dong Ling hadn’t been living at home these days, but in another property she owned. Chen Shang Shang, who had declared “sisters for life,” also bought an apartment in this building, right next door to hers.
For convenience, she had also added Chen Shang Shang’s fingerprints to the door lock, so Chen Shang Shang could come in directly.
But this time, Chen Shang Shang sincerely wished she couldn’t.
Interrupting people’s business was a sin punishable by lightning! But it was still daytime, wasn’t this a bit too intense, sisters?
“What nonsense are you talking about? Chen Shang Shang, get in here!”
Dong Ling almost spat out blood hearing her words, she didn’t do anything!
When Chen Shang Shang came in, Song Mingzhi had already buttoned her shirt, and she greeted her with a smile.
Seeing Dong Ling’s red, teary eyes, Chen Shang Shang silently gave Song Mingzhi a thumbs-up.
Her skills were truly impressive, her sister was crying from happiness.
“Chen Shang Shang!”
Dong Ling saw Chen Shang Shang’s small gesture, her eyes practically spitting fire.
“Ling Ling, I’m here to give you a gift, I was planning to send it to your house, but you said you’re staying here, so I thought I could just leave it here for you, I really didn’t intend to interrupt anything.”
Chen Shang Shang placed the beautifully packaged gift in front of Dong Ling and whispered apologetically in her ear.
“Shut up, don’t overthink it, I was just rehearsing with Mingzhi.”
“Okay, okay, rehearsing,” Chen Shang Shang winked, then suddenly reacted, “Rehearsing? You’re going to act, Ling Ling?”
She was quite surprised. Starting an entertainment company and promoting your celebrity girlfriend was fine, but why would she want to act herself?
“Yes, in Director Yu Shuangwei’s new movie, she insisted on me playing the female lead.”
Dong Ling waved the script on the table, saying rather proudly.
“Isn’t that your favorite director? Not bad, Ling Ling, worthy of a great beauty.”
Chen Shang Shang praised her, understanding why Dong Ling agreed to act.
Song Mingzhi sat quietly, watching Dong Ling’s slightly childish demeanor in front of her good friend, and couldn’t help but smile. She could still feel the dampness on her neck and wiped away Dong Ling’s remaining tears with her fingertip.
Dong Ling was now radiant, no longer the tearful mess from just moments ago.
“Ling Ling, jiayou, you’re so smart, you can do anything well.”
Chen Shang Shang encouraged Dong Ling, her eyes full of trust.
Thinking of her difficult acting lessons these days, Dong Ling couldn’t help but sigh.
She wasn’t crying just now because of Yu Shuangwei’s teaching, but because of 021’s scare tactics, otherwise she really couldn’t have portrayed that feeling.
021: [Hehe.]
Dong Ling: [Hehe, my ass, I’ll twist your head off if you scare me like that again.]
Dong Ling didn’t want to ask 021 about her parents’ and brother’s endings in the original novel, because no matter what they were, they wouldn’t happen now.
Seeing Dong Ling’s low spirits, Chen Shang Shang felt like she was looking at a classmate struggling with homework, so to cheer her up, she started talking about the interesting things that happened during her trip, occasionally pulling Song Mingzhi into the conversation, the atmosphere quite harmonious.
But Song Mingzhi received a call and excused herself, Dong Ling and Chen Shang Shang waved to her and told her to be careful.
After Song Mingzhi left, Chen Shang Shang dropped all pretense and collapsed on the sofa, her eyes sparkling with gossip.
“And you said there’s nothing between you two, starting a fire in broad daylight, what stage have you reached? Are you serious or just playing around?”
“What nonsense are you talking about? We’re just good friends, we were really just rehearsing.”
Dong Ling was already numb to being misunderstood and explained helplessly.
“Rehearsing with your clothes off?”
“…Yes.”
Dong Ling originally wanted to explain that her clothes were off because she bit Song Mingzhi, but then Chen Shang Shang would ask how she could bite someone while rehearsing, which would be even more difficult to explain.
“Okay, I believe you.”
Chen Shang Shang nodded seriously and didn’t tease her friend further.
Dong Ling changed the subject: “Let’s have dinner together sometime, with Qianxi, the three of us haven’t gotten together for a while.”
Chen Shang Shang’s expression changed slightly hearing this, Dong Ling noticed and asked curiously: “Did something happen between you two? Didn’t you just go on a trip together?”
“There were some unpleasantries when we came back, it’s nothing, just not a good time to see each other right now.”
Chen Shang Shang forced a smile, her expression a little downcast.
Dong Ling didn’t want them to have a falling out and couldn’t help but ask: “Can you tell me about it?”
Chen Shang Shang shook her head and said: “I’ll tell you when the time is right, my mind is a mess right now, I don’t even know what I’m thinking, I’ll definitely tell you when I have an answer.”
This made Dong Ling even more confused, she instinctively sensed that it wasn’t just a minor disagreement between Chen Shang Shang and Tang Qianxi, but since Chen Shang Shang didn’t want to talk about it, she didn’t press further.
“Okay, if you need anything or any help, be sure to tell me.”
“Of course, by the way, how is Xuan Du lately? Has she been bothering you?”
“She’s busy dealing with He Diesheng.”
“That’s good, let them deal with their own problems.”
After chatting for a while, Chen Shang Shang went back to her apartment to take a nap, and Dong Ling contacted Tang Qianxi.
“We had a fight, Ling Ling. I don’t know what she’s afraid of, or worried about… I don’t understand her.”
Tang Qianxi’s voice was listless, lacking energy.
“She said some unpleasant things, and so did I, it’s hard to say who was right or wrong. It’s nothing, Ling Ling, I’ll tell you about it when I’ve sorted it out.”
After hanging up on Tang Qianxi, Dong Ling was even more confused, why did her friends have to speak in riddles when they had a fight?
At this moment, Dong Ling truly felt that Song Mingzhi was much better, if she was angry, she would clearly state the reason, and then she could coax her, there were no misunderstandings or communication barriers between them.
Thinking of Song Mingzhi, Dong Ling recalled the way she unbuttoned her shirt, and she unconsciously pressed her hand against her heart.
It must be because Song Mingzhi was too beautiful.
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